Josh De Bets

Maybe I am a little paranoid or have read too many dystopian novels to see how this scene plays out, but there should never be security cameras allowed in a classroom. More so each day, it seems that a classroom environment, at least in public school, is becoming more like a prison yard and less than a schoolyard. Budget cuts, less funding and crackpot ideas like surveillance in schools deter from the goal of education and the classroom which is to inspire and nurture the social, physical and cognitive growth of children.

Joshua De Bets - Thu, 2012-02-16 02:42

While many students may see marijuana as a drug that will dull the senses momentarily, the reality is that most do not know where their marijuana is coming from. As of 2006, 30,000 people were killed in Mexico as the result of the war against drug cartels. This Mexican Drug War is an armed conflict between numerous drug cartels and the Mexican government, which is trying to break up the cartels and destroy their grip on Mexico. The United States feels the indirect effects of this. Mexican drug cartels dominate the illicit drug sales, specifically marijuana, in the United States and these drug unions control approximately 70 percent of foreign narcotics that flow into the United States.

Joshua De Bets - Thu, 2010-12-02 04:57

After 40 years, Beatlemania appears to be as dynamic as ever. With the release of a re-mastered anthology and The Beatles: Rock Band in 2009, the Fab Four have now taken a plunge into the digital music company that is iTunes. The group’s 13 original albums, the two-volume Past Masters compilation and the 1962-66 and 1967-70 collections became available on the iTunes Store as digital albums or individual songs two weeks ago. Also available is a digital box set containing all the albums and a video recording of the group’s entire first U.S. concert in 1964 that will be streamed free up until the end of 2010.

Joshua De Bets - Thu, 2010-12-02 04:37

With each passing morning, the construction of the Graham Athletic Center seems to be further and further away for the student residents in Harris, Turner and Wanberg. Even though Whittier College issued a notice that the construction will be at the absolute worst from November through June, Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., the excess of noise from the demolition is beginning to become a reality for most students.

“I lived in Johnson last year right outside the alley, and I thought that was loud,” sophomore and current Wanberg resident Philip Bond said. “The car alarms from last year do not compare to the noise from the construction and I find myself waking up way before my alarm goes off.”

Joshua De Bets - Thu, 2010-11-18 05:08

1. The Thing (1982) Directed by John Carpenter
A remake of The Thing from Another World (1951), director John Carpenter explores the depth of paranoia within an isolated and subzero environment as an alien takes on the form of its victims causing characters to question who is still human. The most unsettling part of the film is the gradual progression into insanity by Dr. Blair (Wilford Brimley), displaying Carpenter’s mastery of the horror and thriller genre. Though it struggled at the box office upon release, The Thing remains one of the most disturbing films of all time.

2. The Exorcist (1973) Directed by William Friedkin

Joshua De Bets - Thu, 2010-10-14 03:04

1. "Rain" by John Lennon (1966)
"Rain" is the epitome of an underrated Beatles song. It was released as the B-side of "Paperback Writer," and it was their first attempt at a more psychedelic sounding type of music. The Beatles blended chant harmonies, a rough bass sound, disorienting drums and an accidental drug-induced backwards vocals, all of which contributed to the psychedelic feel. "Rain" paved the way for Revolver and set The Beatles in a new direction of music.

2. "Long, Long, Long" by George Harrison (1968)

Joshua De Bets - Sun, 2010-09-26 03:04